World Airways, Inc. accidents

The NTSB database holds 11 accidents and incidents involving World Airways, Inc., recorded between 1968 to 2005. 3 of them were fatal (27%), and 9 people died.

The deadliest year was 1973, with 6 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (3 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Douglas DC-8, McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and Douglas DC-10.

Most of these records are from United States, Malaysia and Atlantic Ocean North Lat..

9 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

Records

Fatal

Deaths

27%

Share fatal

1968 to 2005

Period

Show these on the map 2 of 11 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 1

1970s 3

1980s 4

1990s 2

2000s 1

Aircraft types involved

Douglas DC-8 3 McDonnell Douglas DC-10 3 Douglas DC-10 2 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 2 Boeing 707 1

Where these happened

United States 7 Malaysia 1 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 1 Europe 1 Ireland 1

All 11 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
8 Sep 1973	Douglas DC-8 N802WA	King Cove, Alaska, United States no coordinates	World Airways, Inc.	Fatal	6
24 Jan 1982	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 N113WA	Boston, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	World Airways, Inc.	Fatal	2
20 Sep 1981	Douglas DC-10 N112WA	N Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	World Airways, Inc.	Fatal	1
28 Apr 2005	McDonnell Douglas MD-11 N277WA	Anchorage, Alaska, United States	World Airways Inc	No injuries	-
18 Sep 1999	McDonnell Douglas MD-11 N272WA	Shannon, Ireland no coordinates	World Airways, Inc.	Unknown	-
27 Jul 1990	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 N108WA	Bharu, Malaysia no coordinates	World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
22 Aug 1982	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F N104WA	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States	World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Oct 1981	Douglas DC-10 N112WA	Baltimore, Maryland, United States no coordinates	World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
27 Mar 1974	Douglas DC-8 N801WA	Anchorage, Alaska, United States no coordinates	World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
12 Mar 1973	Douglas DC-8 N801WA	Lands End, Europe no coordinates	World Airways, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
27 Jan 1968	Boeing 707 N371WA	Oakland, California, United States no coordinates	World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-